diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5bfcd7e61..2d1174633 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,36 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2016-11-09</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.0.069. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4001">#4001</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2016i. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3999">#3999</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to file-5.29. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3909">#3998</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.6.2. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3997">#3997</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.8.6. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3996">#3996</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.29. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3987">#3987</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2016-11-07</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 058df5757..f04dba168 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Expect &expect-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>File &file-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Findutils &findutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Flex &flex-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Gawk &gawk-version;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/flex.xml b/chapter06/flex.xml
index 2d0f80cdd..a3db70301 100644
--- a/chapter06/flex.xml
+++ b/chapter06/flex.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Flex</title>
 
-    <para>Prepare Flex for compilation:</para>
+    <para>The build procedure assumes the <application>help2man</application>
+    program is available to create a man page from the executable --help option.
+    This is not present, so we use an environment variable to skip this process.  
+    Now, prepare Flex for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">HELP2MAN=/tools/bin/true \
+./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>There is one known test failure.</para>
+
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 91dc6ec57..5307eb75c 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20161107">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20161109">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20161107-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20161109-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 7, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 9, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.11">
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c63915c2a..110175009 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-du "4.3 MB">
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY file-version "5.28">
-<!ENTITY file-size "760 KB">
+<!ENTITY file-version "5.29">
+<!ENTITY file-size "766 KB">
 <!ENTITY file-url "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-&file-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY file-md5 "3f7771424aa855f32094b49571e19b33">
+<!ENTITY file-md5 "b7b57b36b577c9cede2f2d1342203302">
 <!ENTITY file-home "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/">
 <!ENTITY file-ch5-du "15 MB">
 <!ENTITY file-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-du "48 MB">
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-sbu "1.6 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY flex-version "2.6.1">
-<!ENTITY flex-size "816 KB">
-<!ENTITY flex-url "https://github.com/westes/flex/releases/download/v&flex-version;/flex-&flex-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY flex-md5 "cd3c86290fc2676a641aefafeb10848a">
+<!ENTITY flex-version "2.6.2">
+<!ENTITY flex-size "1,370 KB">
+<!ENTITY flex-url "https://github.com/westes/flex/releases/download/v&flex-version;/flex-&flex-version;.tar.gz">
+<!ENTITY flex-md5 "cc6d76c333db7653d5caf423a3335239">
 <!ENTITY flex-home "http://flex.sourceforge.net">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-du "31 MB">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
@@ -391,12 +391,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "8">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "6">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
-<!ENTITY linux-size " 89,795 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "89,815 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "f9f5b9623e672ef10d1a28ece575ee42">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "b1f36e650857dd0d49b9a55b89d9d317">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 4.8.3 / gcc-6.2.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -594,10 +594,10 @@
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch6-du "108 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch6-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2016h">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-size "312 KB">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2016i">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-size "313 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "878f0ec3fd9e4026ea11dd1b649a315a">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "73912ecfa6a9a8048ddf2e719d9bc39d">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "http://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-version "udev-lfs-20140408">
@@ -606,21 +606,21 @@
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-md5     "c2d6b127f89261513b23b6d458484099">
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-home    " ">
 
-<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.28.2">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-size "4,053 KB">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.29">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-size "4,150 KB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-url "&kernel;linux/utils/util-linux/v2.28/util-linux-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-md5 "46a232a37bce45371a86d19300edc47a">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-md5 "07b6845f48a421ad5844aa9d58edb837">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-home "http://freecode.com/projects/util-linux">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ch5-du "114 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ch5-sbu "0.8 SBU">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ch6-du "158 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ch6-sbu "1.0 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "8.0">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "8.0.069">
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim80">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "10,362 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "10,389 KB">
 <!ENTITY vim-url "ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "808d2ebdab521e18bc5e0eaede0db867">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "457543a7754b0d3c1c0aa4d4c3bb4070">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "http://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-ch6-du "109 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-ch6-sbu "1.0 SBU">